scatty Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 My current med cocktail is keeping me stable through some rough times. I sweat a lot due to the anafranil pdoc added last week, but I am already seeing it's benefits. My cocktail combo is listed in my signature, and it's the best combo I've been on since being diagnosed about six years ago. Please share some good news about your cocktail here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 I kinda won't shut up about my cocktail, so this thread is perfect scatty, thanks the following are the meds that have kept me completely out of depression for MORE than a YEAR now... I almost wanted to have a party on the anniversary of when I realized that I wasn't depressed anymore, buuut I couldn't think of what I'd write on the invitations "Happy Meg Doesn't Wanna Off Herself Day!!" here it goes: LAMICTALLLLLLLLLL! 100mg Wellbutrin XL 450mg Sertraline (Zoloft) 150mg Adderall XR 20mg Adderall IR (generic) 30mg Atenalol 25mg (to kick the worst of the tremor from Lamictal) uh, can you tell that Lamictal was the one that finally made me 'me' again for the first time since grade school? so there's the cocktail that I love. like all great loves, we make some compromises (hand tremors from Lamictal when I'm a makeup artist and photographer...dry mouth from each and every med to the point that I can't lick a stamp 5min after drinking water...joints that snapcrackleandpop like rice krispies...and adderall that doesn't quite keep me awake but is the best I can find at the moment). but so worth it. hang in there if you're still looking for the right meds-- sometimes you get lucky. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papertrees Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I'm currently loving my cocktail, though I'm a bit suspicious of it: 6mg Invega 5mg Abilify 100mg Lamictal 2mg Clonazepam 2mg Biperiden I'm emotioanlly stable now. External events don't affect me that much. Just the occasional sadness and giddiness, but not depression or hypomania... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatty Posted March 10, 2009 Author Share Posted March 10, 2009 I'm currently loving my cocktail, though I'm a bit suspicious of it papertrees, why are you suspicious of your cocktail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit37 Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I think my current cocktail is working fine, except my f'ing pdoc wants me to drop the seroquel. It's 200mg lamictal, 30mg abilify, 50mg seroquel, and clonazepam prn. It's kicked depression's ass, and I'm not manic, so there ya go. As close to stable as I think I'm going to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatty Posted March 10, 2009 Author Share Posted March 10, 2009 Rabbit, Why the hell does your pdoc want to ditch the seroquel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I have been extremely stable for well over a year on my current cocktail. Still, it seems like too much. Tommy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BPBear Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 My pdoc added the Stavzor to my cocktail about six months ago. Since than I have been doing quite well. I still get minor episodes of mania but only occassionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffybirdie Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I've found a little bit of an AP does me a world of good when added to my usual dose of Wellbutrin. It keeps those pesky highs out of there without making me dull or slow-feeling, like a stabilizer made me feel. So a wee bit of Geodon with Wellbutrin = a fairly "normal" me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papertrees Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I'm suspicious of it, because I don't know why I have to be on 2 AAPS at once. And the reason why he didn't take me off abilify is because it's supposed to counteract any negative side effects of invega on me. My pdoc was quoting a study done on clozaril and abilify. I don't know.. just doesn't sound right to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysergia Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 lamotrigine and wellbutrin - there's nothing that compares, for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebird200 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Risperdal + Klonopin... I LOVE being able to think ONE thought at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybetinymaybesad Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 wellbutrin and paxil is great (when paired with healthy eating, a regular sleep schedule, regular exercise, and lots of therapy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withing Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 I love my current cocktail... if I can only stop taking over the counter medicines that screw it up, and if life would stop throwing curve balls at me that send me into spins... but this cocktail has kept me from going manic for a LONG time and it's kept me from going into that deep dark suicidal hell for over two years now. I've had some minor mood swings, but hell, I think I've had reason. I won't blame it on the meds not working. I think if I hadn't been on these meds at those times I won't be here now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel1 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I've been mostly stable for several months *knocks on wood*. My current coctail is: Lamictal 150 am; 200 pm Seroquel 50 am; 100 pm; 50 prn Klonopin .5 am; .5 pm-slowly tapering to go on it prn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Elvis Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 The core of my cocktail, Wellbutrin, an SSRI and Dexidrine has helped the worst of my depression and ADD for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysergia Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 is it me or are there a disproportionate number of people with lamictal or wellbutrin (or both) in their cocktails? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatty Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 is it me or are there a disproportionate number of people with lamictal or wellbutrin (or both) in their cocktails? There seems to be. When lamictal works, it really works! I take wellbutrin when depression gets bad and so do many with BP cause it's less likely to trigger mania than SSRIs. So maybe that's why it's so popular around here. I'm happy to see all these good news posts about meds. Keep 'em coming. If you're stable, don't be shy, tell us what is working for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stasis Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I have little trouble with depression,mostly I go manic. my cocktail spoils the fun. wellbutrin xl seroquel depakote klonopin clonidine it works,maybe I don't love it always. Stasis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netsavy006 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 My current cocktail is keeping me stable for the moment. I don't have a problem with what I'm taking. It may be a bit complicated at times but I don't have problems remembering to take my medicine or anything like that. Here's my med list: Topamax 100mg BID Valium 5mg TID Cogentin 1mg BID Abilify 5mg Q AM Zyprexa 7.5mg HS Lunesta 3mg PRN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 is it me or are there a disproportionate number of people with lamictal or wellbutrin (or both) in their cocktails? There seems to be. When lamictal works, it really works! Seems that way, huh? Warning, this next thought is dumb: I kinda love that I have one of each class (in a way, depressionwise), wellbutrin, a classic SSRI, lamictal, adderall. Just realized I have no AAP and that's okaaaay w/me. And that rhymed. I mean, I don't *love* taking this many meds, but my cocktail seems nice and balanced to me, is that weird? Probably. IDK. I'm tired. Sorry for the obnoxious exclamation points and bold/italic stuff in my last post, lol. I just read through and mine sticks out like crazy. Whoops. I'm just passionate about Lamictal. I'm happy to see all these good news posts about meds. Keep 'em coming. If you're stable, don't be shy, tell us what is working for you! ITA. This post is really good on the hope angle, *and* really good on the psychology nerd angle. Both of which are awesome. I'm annoying myself now, man I have to sleep...keep posting! m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Im quite liking Tegretol and Topamax A booze free, binge n purge free, mania free blackbird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneMarie Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 I finally got stable on: Tegretol 300mg - stopped the rapid cycling! Lithium 900mg Lamictal 150mg Mirapex .75mg - use as antidepressant Seroquel 50-100mg and now Adderall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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